WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets play their second game in as many nights on Sunday when they travel to face the Philadelphia Flyers in their first of two games against the Flyers this week. Winnipeg beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Saturday night to end a two-game losing streak and earn their first win of the five-game road trip. The Jets end the trip on Tuesday against the Nashville Predators.
Last Game
Winnipeg Jets 5
Ottawa Senators 1
Jets Scorers: Ehlers (4), Scheifele (27, 28), Wheeler (12), Perfetti (7)
Senators Scorer: Norris (2)
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (25 sv, 1 ga)
Senators Goaltender: Anton Forsberg (25 sv, 5 ga)
Jets PP: 2-for-8
Jets PK: 4-for-4
Recap: The Jets scored twice in second and third periods to defeat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Saturday night. The Jets were led by the trio of Mark Scheifele (2G, 1A), Nikolaj Ehlers (1G, 2A), and Blake Wheeler (1G, 2A) each having a three-point night. Kyle Connor had an assist and led the Jets with seven shots. Connor Hellebuyck turned away 25 shots to earn the win,
Tale of the Tape
WPG Stat PHI
47 GP 47
30 W 20
16 L 20
1 OT 7
61 PTS 47
154 GF 130
121 GA 150
24.7% PP 16.0%
84.9% PK 76.1%
Next Five Games
Date Opp TV Radio
Jan. 22 At PHI TSN CJOB/Power 97
Jan. 24 At NSH TSN CJOB/Power 97
Jan. 26 BUF TSN CJOB/Power 97
Jan. 28 PHI SN CJOB/Power 97
Jan. 30 STL SN CJOB/Power 97
Recent Five Games
Date Opp SC Res Streak
Jan. 13 At PIT 4-1 W 2W
Jan. 15 ARI 2-1 W 3W
Jan. 17 At MTL 4-1 L 1L
Jan. 19 At TOR 4-1 L 2L
Jan. 21 At OTT 5-1 W 1W
Broadcast Information
TV: TSN
Play-By-Play: Dan Robertson
Analyst: Kevin Sawyer
Radio: 680 CJOB/Power 97
Play-By-Play: Paul Edmonds
Analyst: Jamie Thomas
Host: Derek Taylor
Upcoming Schedule
Sunday, Jan. 20
Jets at Philadelphia Flyers 7:00 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 21
Practice – Nashville 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 22
Morning Skate 11:30 a.m.
Jets at Nashville Predators 7:00 p.m.
All Times Local
Top 10
The Jets are seventh in the NHL with a .649 points percentage, which ranks second in the Central Division and Western Conference… Winnipeg’s best points percentage in franchise history was in 2017-18 when the team finished at .695… The franchise has finished a season with a points percentage better than .600 four times.
Facing the East
The Jets are in the midst of playing 10 of 13 games against Eastern Conference opponents… Winnipeg is 9-9-0 against the Eastern Conference this season… Kyle Connor (10G, 9A) leads the Jets in scoring against the east with 19 points in 18 games.
The January Upon Us
The Jets are 7-3-0 in January for a .700 points percentage, which is tied for sixth in the NHL… The most wins the Jets have had in January is eight during the 2018-19 season… After playing 16 games in 30 days in December, the Jets play 15 games in 29 days from Jan. 2-30, but opened the month with two games in the first seven days… Seven of the 15 games are at home… Winnipeg’s eight road games in January come in the form of a three-game road trip and five-game road trip… The Jets are 18-19-3 in January during the past four seasons.
On the Rebound
The Jets ended their two-game losing streak with Saturday’s win… After each of their losing skids of two-games or more this season, the Jets have won multiple games in a row… Winnipeg’s longest losing streak of the season is three games from Dec. 22-27, which was followed by a five-game winning streak, their longest of the season, from Dec. 29-Jan. 8.
Road Record
The Jets are 13-10-1 on the road this season… Winnipeg is 4-6-0 in their past 10 road games after starting the season 9-4-1 away from home… Defenceman Josh Morrissey (2G, 22A) leads the Jets in scoring on the road with 24 points in 24 games, while Kyle Connor has 23 points (9G, 14A)… Mark Scheifele has a team leading 13 goals… Nikolaj Ehlers has 10 points (3G, 7A) in seven road games this season and has a point in six of the seven games.
Back-2-Back
The Jets are playing their eighth of 13 back-to-back sets on their schedule this season, having gone 10-5-0 so far… The Jets were 7-4-2 in the
first game of a back-to-back last season and 5-5-2 in the second game for an overall record of 11-9-4.
First Game Second Game
Date Opponent Record Date Opponent Record
Oct. 19 At Colorado – 4-3 OTW 1-0-0 Oct. 20 At Vegas – 5-2 L 0-1-0
Oct. 27 At Los Angeles – 6-4 W 2-0-0 Oct. 28 At Arizona – 3-2 OTW 1-1-0
Nov. 12 At Calgary – 3-2 L 2-1-0 Nov. 13 At Seattle – 3-2 OTW 2-1-0
Dec. 8 At St. Louis – 5-2 W 3-1-0 Dec. 9 At Chicago – 3-1 W 3-1-0
Dec. 17 At Vancouver – 5-1 W 4-1-0 Dec. 18 At Seattle – 3-2 L 3-2-0
Dec. 22 At Boston – 3-2 L 4-2-0 Dec. 23 At Washington – 4-2 L 3-3-0
Jan. 12 At Buffalo – 4-2 W 5-2-0 Jan. 13 At Pittsburgh – 4-1 W 4-3-0
Jan. 21 At Ottawa – 5-1 W 6-2-0 Jan. 22 At Philadelphia
Feb. 19 At New Jersey Feb. 20 At NY Rangers
Mar. 3 At Edmonton Mar. 4 Edmonton
Mar. 11 At Florida Mar. 12 At Tampa Bay
Mar. 18 At Nashville Mar. 19 At St. Louis
Apr. 10 San Jose Apr. 11 At Minnesota
Power Play Clicking
The Jets have scored on the power play in five consecutive games… Winnipeg is 12-for-44 (on the power play during the past 12 games (27.3%)… The Jets have climbed to ninth in the NHL this season with a power play successful 24.7% of the time… Josh Morrissey has the primary assist on five of Winnipeg’s past eight power play goals… Kyle Connor leads the Jets with 20 power play points (6G, 14A) this season, while Mark Scheifele leads the Jets with nine power play goals, three shy of his career best 12 power play goals during the 2018-19 season.
PK Prowess
Winnipeg is second in the NHL with a penalty kill successful 84.9% of the time… The Jets are 35-for-37 (94.6%) on the penalty kill in their past 12 games, including a perfect 18-for-18 in the past six games… It’s Winnipeg’s third streak of least four games without allowing a power play goal this season (6 games – Oct. 28-Nov. 12; 4 games – Dec. 29-Jan. 6)… The last time the Jets had a penalty kill better than 82% was in 2013-14 when they finished the season at 83.2%… The franchise record for penalty kill percentage in a season is 85.2%, which occurred in Atlanta during the 2003-04 season.
Jets vs. PHI Notes
Season Series
The Jets and Flyers play each other twice this season and the two meetings come in the span of a week… The return meeting is slated for Jan. 28 at Canada Life Centre.
Recent History
The Jets and Flyers have split the past eight games between the two sides… Winnipeg’s past three wins against Philadelphia have come by at least four goals… The Jets are 13-for-40 (32.5%) on the power play in their past nine games against the Flyers and have scored on the power play in eight of the nine games.
In Philadelphia
The Jets are winless in their past nine trips to Philadelphia (0-8-1)… Winnipeg has scored two goals or less in its past eight games at Wells Fargo Center… The Jets last win in Philadelphia was a 2-1 shootout victory on Jan. 31/12… Blake Wheeler is the only current Jets player that played in that game for Winnipeg.
Player Notes
Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in career scoring against the Flyers with 32 points (7G, 25A) in 37 games… Mark Scheifele is averaging better than a point per game against the Flyers with 17 points (4G, 13A) in 14 games… Two of Scheifele’s goals are game-winning goals.
Jets vs. PHI Past 10 Games
Date Opp Res G GA S PPO PPG PIM SA PPOA PPGA PIMA
11/17/2016 @Phi L 2 5 32 1 0 2 22 1 0 2
03/21/2017 Phi W 3 2 33 6 1 12 26 3 0 18
11/16/2017 Phi SOW 3 2 33 7 1 12 32 5 1 25
03/10/2018 @Phi L 1 2 28 4 1 4 35 2 0 8
12/09/2018 Phi W 7 1 35 6 3 16 37 2 0 23
01/28/2019 @Phi L 1 3 32 3 1 4 31 2 0 6
12/15/2019 Phi W 7 3 24 5 3 4 32 1 1 21
02/22/2020 @Phi L 2 4 29 2 1 6 30 3 0 4
02/01/2022 @Phi L 1 3 33 2 0 8 36 4 0 4
04/27/2022 Phi W 4 0 27 5 2 8 35 4 0 10
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME BROADCAST INFO.
Tue., Jan. 24 Los Angeles Kings Wells Fargo Center 7 p.m. NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic
Thu., Jan. 26 Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center 8 p.m. ESPN+/Hulu, The Fanatic
Sat., Jan. 28 Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre 7 p.m. NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic
CURRENT INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Cam Atkinson IR-upper body 9/25-present 47
Sean Couturier IR-back 9/19-present 47
Ryan Ellis LTIR-groin/hip/back 10/11-present 47
Tanner Laczynski IR-lower body 12/7-present 21
2022-23 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 253
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
1/20 – Recalled G Felix Sandstrom from his conditioning assignment with Lehigh Valley (AHL) and re-assigned G Sam Ersson to the Phantoms
FLYERS VS. JETS: HEAD-TO-HEAD
FLYERS JETS
43-15-9 ALL-TIME RECORD 21-37-9
23-5-5 HOME 13-16-5
20-10-4 ROAD 8-21-4
3-2-0 LAST 5 MEETINGS 2-3-0
5-4-1 LAST 10 MEETINGS 5-5-0
231 GOALS SCORED 179
19.7% POWER PLAY 16.4%
83.6% PENALTY KILL 80.3%
van Riemsdyk: 21 pts (7-14=21) in 30 GP
Braun: 7 pts (0-7=7) in 22 GP
Hayes: 6 pts (2-4=6) in 13 GP
TEAM SCORING LEADERS Wheeler: 32 pts (7-25=32) in 37 GP
Scheifele: 17 pts (4-13=17) in 14 GP
Gagner: 9 pts (1-8=9) in 18 GP
Hart: 3-0-0, 1.50 GAA, .950 SV% in 4 GP
Sandstrom: 0-1-0, 3.08 GAA, .885 SV% in 1 GP
TEAM GOALTENDERS Hellebuyck: 3-4-0, 2.58 GAA, .919 SV% in 7 GP
Rittich: 4-0-0, 1.76 GAA, .939 SV% in 4 GP
2022-23 SEASON SERIES (ALL TIMES EASTERN)
January 22 Wells Fargo Center 7 p.m.
January 28 Canada Life Centre 7 p.m.
TEAM NOTES
QUICK HITS
- Philadelphia is 9-3-0 in their last 12 games, outscoring their opponents, 40-31, and outshooting their opponents, 392-357, since Dec. 29. The Flyers rank T-1st in the NHL in wins in that span.
- The Flyers have earned points in 14 of its last 22 games (12-8-2), including a season-high four-game win streak, Dec. 29-Jan. 5.
- Philadelphia has allowed the opposing team to score first in 29 of its 47 games this season. Philadelphia ranks T-3rd in the NHL with 11 wins when trailing first in a game. The Flyers have scored first in seven of their last 10 games, ranking T-1st in the NHL in wins (6) when scoring first since Jan. 2.
- Philadelphia set a season-high 41 shots Dec. 11 at ARI and have outshot their opponents in 14 of the last 25 games, posting an 8-5-1 record in those 14 contests.
- The Flyers recorded a franchise-best 59 hits Nov. 12 vs. OTT. The 59 hits are tied for the ninth-most in a regular season game in NHL history.
- Philadelphia leads the NHL with 1,362 hits and ranks second with 819 blocked shots.
VS. THE WEST
- The Flyers play a Western Conference opponent in six of its seven contests from Jan. 17-28 and eight times during the month of January.
- Philadelphia is 6-1-0 in its last seven games and 10-5-2 this season against a Western Conference opponent.
- The Flyers are 5-1-2 against the West on the road and 5-4-0 against the West on home ice this season.
- Philadelphia swept the California road trip, Dec. 29-Jan. 2, for the first time in franchise history.
HOME COOKIN’
- Philadelphia is 4-2-0 in its last six home games and 10-11-1 in 22 home games this season.
- The Flyers have outscored their opponents, 24-20, in the last six home games, including four five-plus goal games.
- Philadelphia has scored three-plus goals in six of its last nine home games. The Flyers are 10-1-1 at home this season when scoring three-plus goals.
BACK-TO-BACKS
- Saturday’s and Sunday’s games mark the Flyers’ ninth back-to-back set of 15 this season.
- The set marks the third of four road-to-home back-to-backs this season:
- Oct. 22 at NSH (3-1 W); Oct. 23 vs. SJ (3-0 L)
- Jan. 16 at BOS (6-0 L); Jan. 17 vs. ANA (5-2 W)
- Jan. 21 at DET (2-1 W); Jan. 22 vs. WPG
- April 8 at NYI; April 9 vs. BOS
- The Flyers are 3-5-1 in the first game of a back-to-back this season and 2-6-0 in the second
